GENERAL STATEMENT OF CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY LAW FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1857, INCLUDING THE BALANCES OF FORMER APPROPRIATIONS UNEXPENDED ON THE LAST DAY OF JUNE, 1856; EXHIBITING ALSO THE EXPENDITURES OF THE UNITED STATES In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1857, on warrants issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, and unexpended balances of appropriations which are to be carried to the next annual statement. NOTE. The figures in the columns of this statement headed "References to acts" refer to the particular acts of appropriation (on the next pages) which authorize the expenditure of the sums placed on the same lines with them in the columns headed "Appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1857." General statement of certain appropriations made by law for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1857, including the balances of former appropriations unexpended on the last day of June, 1856; exhibiting also the expenditures of the United States in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1857, on warrants issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, and unexpended balances of appropriations, which are to be carried to the next annual statement. DATES AND TITLES OF THE ACTS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1 Mar. 3, 1791 April 14, 1792 2 July 16, 1793 May 3, 1802 April 30, 1802 An act providing compensation for the officers of the judicial courts of the United States, and for jurors and witnesses, and for other purposes. An act concerning consuls and vice-consuls. An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen," and for other purposes. An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory northwest of the Ohio to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes. (7th section.) Mar. 1, 1817 An act to enable the people of the western part of Mississippi Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States. Mar. 3, 1817 Jan. 12, 1825 May 29, 1830 June 28, 1834 An act to provide for the redemption of the public debt. An act to provide for paying the State of Illinois three per centum of An act for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the benefit An act to enable the President to make an arrangement with the govern- June 23, 1835 An act supplemental to the act entitled "An act to establish the north- 12 July 4, 1836 13 July 4, 1836 Oct. 16, 1837 Mar. 3, 1839 14 15 16 17 July 21, 1840 An act to carry into effect, in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, An act making further appropriations for the year 1837, (2d section.) An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of An act for the relief of Chastelain and Povert, and for other purposes, (7th section.) An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights. An act to repeal a part of the 6th section of the act entitled "An act to provide for the support of the Military Academy of the United States for the year 1838, and for other purposes," approved July 7, 1838. Aug. 29, 1842 An act in relation to lands sold in the Greensburg (late St Helena) dis 21 April 2, 1814 22 Dec. 28, 1846 Mar. 3, 1845 trict, in the State of Louisiana, and authorizing the resurvey of certain lands in said district. An act directing the disposition of certain unclaimed goods, wares, or merchandise, seized for being illegally imported into the United States. Acts supplemental to the act for the admission of Florida and Iowa into the Union, and for other purposes. STATEMENT-Continued. DATES AND TITLES OF THE ACTS OF APPROPRIATIONS. An act to authorize the issue of treasury notes and a loan. Aug. 10, 1846 An act to establish the Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and dif- July 22, 1816 25 26 Feb. 9, 1847 27 Mar. 3, 1847 June 26, 1848 29 July 29, 1848 30 31 32 33 Mar. 2, 1849 An act to provide for the payment of any interest falling due on the public debt. An act to establish certain post-routes, and for other purposes, as compensation for certain mail services performed for the several departments of government by the Post Office Department, (12th section.) An act to prevent the importation of adulterated and spurious drugs and medicines. An act for the payment of liquidated claims against Mexico. An act declaratory of the act for the admission of the State of Iowa into the Union. Mar. 3, 1849 An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States. Mar. 3, 1849 An act requiring all moneys receivable from customs, and from all other sources, to be paid immediately into the treasury, without abatement or reduction, and for other purposes. customs for the present fiscal year. Feb. 14, 1850 A joint resolution limiting the expenses of collecting the revenue from 34 Sept. 9, 1850 An act proposing to the State of Texas the establishment of her northern and western boundaries, the relinquishment, by said State, of all territory claimed by her exterior to said boundaries, and of all claims upon the United States; and to establish a territorial government for New Mexico. 335 Sept. 28, 1850 An act to create additional collection districts in the State of California, and to change the existing districts therein, and to modify the existing collection districts in the United States, (4th section) Sept. 30, 1850 An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1851, and for other purposes. An act to reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United States, and for other purposes, (8th section) An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1852, and for other purposes. An act making land warrants assignable, and for other purposes, (2d and 3d sections.) Feb. 26, 1853 An act to regulate the fees and costs to be allowed clerks, marshals, and attorneys of the circuit and district courts of the United States, and for other purposes. An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year 1854. (9th section.) An act to extend the warehousing system, by establishing private and bonded warehouses, and for other purposes, (8th section.) April 22, 1854 An act to amend the 3d section of the "act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year ending June 30, 1854," and for other purposes. Aug. 4, 1854 An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1855, and for other purposes. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending An act for the relief of purchasers and locators of swamp and overflowed An act to amend "An act to carry into effect a treaty between the United States and Great Britain, signed on the 5th June, 1854," and approved August 5, 1854. Mar. 3, 1855 An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Depart STATEMENT-Continued. DATES AND TITLES OF THE ACTS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 49 Mar. 3, 1855 50 Mar. 3, 1855 June 14, 1856 52 July 8, 1856 53 54 56 Aug. 1, 1856 Aug. 11, 1856 An act entitled “An act to provide accommodations for the United An act entitled "An act making appropriations for the civil and diplo An act making appropriation for payment of certain claims, (3d section.) An act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses A resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the plan of the custom-house at Ellsworth, Maine. An act to provide for carrying into effect the first article of the treaty between the United States and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the 15th June, 1846 Aug. 16, 1856 An act to reimburse the State of Vermont the expenses incurred by her in paying her militia called out in 1836 and 1839, to preserve the neutrality of the country. Aug. 18, 1856 57 58 Aug. 18, 1856 59 Aug. 18, 1856 An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1857. An act making appropriations for certain civil expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1857. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office department during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1857. A joint resolution giving an increased compensation to all laborers in the employment of the executive and judicial departments of the gov ernment, in the city of Washington. An act making appropriations for the transportation of the United States mail by ocean steamers, and otherwise, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1857. Aug. 18, 1856 An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1857. An act making an appropriation for the survey of the southern boundary line of Kansas. An act making appropriations for light-houses, light-boats, buoys, &c., An act to supply an omission in the enrolment of a certain act. An act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1858. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1858. An act making appropriations for certain civil expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1858. An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1857. Joint resolution for settling the accounts of A. Boyd Hamilton. An act for the relief of the West Feliciana railroad and the Georgia railroad and banking companies. An act for the relief of John S. Pendleton. An act for the relief of Emma Bidamon. A resolution for the relief of John Y. Laub, a clerk in the office of the An act for the relief of Levi Robinson. Au act for the relief of the legal representatives of Zk. Thompson, of Vt. |